Updates (changes and additions) to this document are listed below.
October 4, 2021
Added minor edits.
May 6, 2021
Minor correction to the Note added in previous edits.
April 16, 2020
Added a note to several topics explaining the need to copy relevant tag dictionaries to the User Home tagDictionary folder
prior to making, editing, or deploying a template.
Minor edits through out plus added information on enhancements for
Niagara 4.9. Also in the in the Application Templates chapter, added procedures for upgrading and updating application templates.
December 11, 2019
Many edits throughout related to functional changes (in
Niagara 4.9 and later) for optional components in application templates.
June 16, 2019
Added the “Template Options” topic to the chapter, “Component and Plugins”.
April 10, 2019
In the chapter, “Template bulk deployment”, edited several topics updating those for the latest functional changes.
March 18, 2019
Revisions related to the
Niagara 4.8 release include adding the following topics to the “Template bulk deployment” chapter:
- “Exporting the application template spreadsheet”
- “Editing the application template spreadsheet”
- “Deploying bulk application templates”
October 2, 2018
In the “Overview chapter”, added “Enhancements in
Niagara 4.7”. Edited template creation topics, “Managing I/O Links” and “Deploying a template via drag-and-drop”, to reflect changes
in functionality. Also there are updates to a few topics in the “Application Template” chapter.
August 14, 2018
Document updated for
Niagara 4.7 that includes the Application template feature.
May 29, 2018
Document updated for
Niagara 4.6 including the template bulk deployment feature. Minor correction in the topic, “Detaching a deployed template.”
April 4, 2017
Edited the procedure, “Creating a station template,” to include subtemplates.
March 22, 2017
Edited the topic,” Example template.manifest.xml file,” to add a description of the template id number.
March 9, 2017
This document has been updated to cover the template enhancements in
Niagara 4.3 which include support for versioning templates, upgrading deployed templates as well as deploying and provisioning subtemplates
in a parent template’s config bog. Additionally, there are many minor changes throughout the document, and several added topics
on the new functionality.
November 18, 2015
Minor updates
August 13, 2015
Initial release document